breach of privilege
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His fellow MPs subsequently voted to reprimand him for "a breach of privilege and a gross contempt of the House".
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2016
The House, greatly relieved, voted 304 to 13 that Elijah Sandham, member for Kirkdale, Liverpool, had been "guilty of a breach of privilege and a gross libel upon the House," merited an official censure.
From Time Magazine Archive
The all-party Committee on Privileges would meet to determine whether the Sandys summons constituted a breach of privilege.
From Time Magazine Archive
The committee, which includes the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, Labor Leader Major Clement R. Attlee and Sir Archibald Sinclair, Liberal leader, in short order decided unanimously that there had been a breach of privilege.
From Time Magazine Archive
They brought up this question: "Whether the seizing of Mr. Rolls's goods was not a breach of privilege?"
From Charles I Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
